New User PSA - Content Warnings + Sensitive Images (and how to always show them) Show more

Hi new users!

You may have heard of Mastodon (or Pleroma, or 'the Fediverse' and its multitudes of interconnected software options, all valid!) recently, maybe you're testing the waters after being on somewhere like Tumblr, Twitter, or Facebook.

One great feature we ask people to use is the ability to hide a post behind a content warning.

If you want, however, you *can* auto-expand every content warning! (1/2)

New User PSA - Content Warnings + Sensitive Images (and how to always show them) Show more

If you're on a system with the default Mastodon front-end, you can click the little 'Gear' icon for preferences near the top left, and check under your 'Preferences' for options like always flagging media as sensitive (e.g. nsfw), or automatically showing all sensitive media on your timeline.

However, *please* tag your own nsfw media as sensitive and hide it behind content warnings for everyone else as appropriate!

New User PSA - Content Warnings + Sensitive Images (and how to always show them) Show more

Also, since we do have people with limited vision who rely on screen readers, as attached in the start of the thread, please remember to try and describe the images and videos you attach to a toot so they can at least get the rough gist of what you're commenting on.

Inclusivity means thinking about others who may not be able to share our experiences in the same fashion, and doing our best to reach out.